Internationally famous children's books. And their allusions to the bible.

We all heard the uproar and whatnot when critics or churchgoers or whoever it was said that C.S.Lewis' children's classic The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe contained biblical undertones when Aslan, the greatly adored magical Lion with amazing guardian skills and powers, gives himself up to the White Witch in order to save all the good side (humans and creatures alike). Then after the White Witch kills him and triumphantly wears his mane (oooh very dramatic), he (to the joy of readers and all good folk) comes back to life and saves the day.
''Aslan is an allegorical representation of Jesus Christ in the Christian religion. The novel's depiction of Christ's death and resurrection is a clear allusion to the biblical story of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Lewis couches an old, familiar story in a new, vibrant setting in order to help us look at the story from a different angle. Specifically, Lewis wants to capture the attention of children. Lewis seeks to remove children from the oppressive church and Sunday school and to transplant them to a new, fantastic world. There, Lewis can introduce basic concepts of the Christian religion, using an exciting background, with fun characters and talking animals. Aslan the lion lives a similar life as Christ the man, but by using this allegorical device, Lewis can present the story to children with far more immediacy and vividness than could be obtained in any but the most breathtaking reading of the Bible.''
(http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/lion/canalysis.html)
Another book, one possibly even more famous than that one if possible, is Harry Potter, specifically the 7th and final installment in the series that hit the world in the face before they knew it.

*warning: plot spoiler below*
In this book, in the end, due to unavoidable circumstances, Harry walks into the face of death to save the good of good, i.e. so that Voldemort kills him in order to kill Voldemort. So Harry falls to the ground, 'dead'. We then read a chapter where his consciousness is with Dumbledore who's also dead, and they talk a bit, then Harry ends up returning to his body and coming back to life, saves good from evil and they love happily ever after.

See any similarities?
Coincidence? Better ask the J.K.Rowling herself:
Was her last book secretly spreading the idea of sacrifice-for-the-greater-good-like-Jesus-is-said-to-have-done or does she just like the story that way?